angelina, 06/07/2008 21:18, Views: 515

Since Adrian turned 6 months old life has taken on a new pace altogether. He's getting more and more personality which makes him so fun to be with, but he also takes a lot more time and attention. Recently the Lord showed me that I should be putting more time into teaching him and pouring into him. Early Learning is something I was deterimined to do with Adrian, but in the fast pace of life and the myriad of things to do, funds to raise and schedule slots to fill I found my quality time with Adrian draining away.

Thankfully I was able to reassess my schedule and priorities and am since spending a great deal of quality time with him, reading books, flashcards, playing toys, feeding him new foods and enjoying new experiences with him as he explores the new world around him. He's extremely eager to learn how to walk, he babbles away, plays peek-a-boo and loves to play rowdy games of "I'm gonna get you!" with me before bed. He learned to crawl at 7 months and loves now to hold your hands as he walks all over the place and pulls himself up on every piece of furniture. He's a really good boy with all the others in the home when I need to go out for a few hours and I'm so proud of him for being such a trouper. I'm also extremely thankful to Jazmin, Arturo and the others in the home who so faithfully love him and take such sweet care of him. I couldn't ask for more caring people to be with him when I need time for other things.

I've had my bouts of what I'd call "new mother blues" of feeling overwhelmed with not enough time to do urgent things, or even basic things like excersize and my daily time in the Word. But the Lord is helping me set my priorities right and it's definitely a work in progress. I've been reading through interesting books like "Raise'm Right" which I've never taken the time to read before (it's a collection of articles from books on raising children) and it's been both enlightening and inspiring. What a blessing to be able to learn from the many others who've raised families who have so much valuable counsel to share with those of us who are just starting out and getting scared at the immensity of it all.

I don't think I could have asked for a better baby than our little boy Adrian. The Lord is just too good to us. I'm sure every parent feels this way. :)

Kevin has been Adrian's favorite person to go to sleep with. He'd go to sleep with me nursing occasionally, but Kevin developed the knack for putting him to sleep in record time when he was fussy or rowdy with me. At one point in time Adrian would just crawl up to Kevin after playing with his little bath ducky, lay his head on his chest and nod of to sleep. It was so adorable.

I sometimes think of how quickly he's growing and how soon he won't be "my little baby" anymore, but that only makes me remember how much I can enjoy his "babyhood" and all the fun it is to teach a little boy the million awesome things there are in this world.

 

"Childhood is like a mirror which reflects in later life the images presented to it."